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So, I posted a piece of art I did today in a graphic design community for constructive criticism. The project was to bring light to veteran suicide.
A couple people said that it was so bad that it did an injustice to the cause, a couple people said that it looked like the soldier was taking a poop (which I can now not unsee, so I guess they were right on that account), and one guy said that all U.S. soldiers should kill themselves.
So yeah. That was a happy end to my work day.
Truth be told, I am not a great graphic artist. There are people out there who do amazing work. They are professionally trained and I am not.
That just drove home the fact that my skills are woefully inadequate. I could not in fact be a professional graphic designer.
I really wish I could go back to school for digital illustration, but I am 40 and financially that would be impossible and unreasonable.
A couple people said that it was so bad that it did an injustice to the cause, a couple people said that it looked like the soldier was taking a poop (which I can now not unsee, so I guess they were right on that account), and one guy said that all U.S. soldiers should kill themselves.
So yeah. That was a happy end to my work day.
Truth be told, I am not a great graphic artist. There are people out there who do amazing work. They are professionally trained and I am not.
That just drove home the fact that my skills are woefully inadequate. I could not in fact be a professional graphic designer.
I really wish I could go back to school for digital illustration, but I am 40 and financially that would be impossible and unreasonable.
